Chapter 7 Pear Garden

"Old lady!" The richly dressed woman saw that Mrs. Su was emotional, so she stepped forward to help her.

"Miss Su, take the liberty of speaking, can you tell me about your life experience?" The old lady held her hand tightly, sat down tremblingly, and finally could not resist asking her.

"Background." Su Wenmei smiled and shook her head shyly: "I don't remember." ”

The little maid in the teahouse served all kinds of drinks and food, and Mrs. Su let go of her hand, sat down together, and listened to her talk a lot about Huihong. Mrs. Su listened with interest, in Mrs. Su's heart, just on the street, as soon as she saw Su Wenmei from a distance through the crowd, she already regarded the girl in front of her as her own granddaughter.

I sat in the teahouse for an hour, and when I came out, the sun was slightly out. She remembered the words of Mrs. Su and the second aunt of Su Mansion before leaving: Come to Su Mansion often if you have nothing to do, Su Mansion will always keep the door for you! If Mrs. Su wasn't afraid of meeting for the first time and abruptly surprised Miss Su, she couldn't wait to let her move to Su Mansion immediately.

The old lady and the second aunt were very warm, she felt the taste of family affection for the first time, and the sun was also warm today!

All day, Su Wenmei was very happy, and specially took out some of the money given to her by Mrs. Gu, and changed a few good clothes from the Gu family's ready-to-wear shop to send to Su Fu.

Inside the main hall.

"Emperor, now that you are the new emperor, the regime is still unstable! According to the mourning family, there is nothing wrong with you accepting the Zhuang family and the daughter of a heavy minister! The Queen Mother said.

"The sons want to stabilize the government on their own, not by marriage." His hand painting ink bamboo couldn't help but pause, and he couldn't help but think of the girl he met in the Qinglou that day.

He also remembered the appearance of the courtiers who had come to him today and told him about accepting concubines. Those old ministers assisted the new emperor, and most of them wanted to marry one or two daughters to him to consolidate their power, which was really a headache.

"The idea is good, but those old ministers are too fine, and they always have to give a little sweetness, which has always been the case for the new emperor. Even if the emperor doesn't like it, it's okay to take it back as an ornament. ”

Decoration? He remembered the appearance of Zhuang Xianren squeezing his eyebrows at him at the autumn banquet before, and he couldn't help but get goosebumps. He shook his head and put the pen on the table: "It's all up to the queen mother." ”

The new emperor concubine, the emperor ordered a one-year tax exemption, and the whole country celebrated.

Su Wenmei was busy in the store, and a graceful and luxurious woman with a proud look walked in: "Who are you in charge?" ”

Su Wenmei looked at her, walked over and saluted slightly: "What do you have to do?" ”

The woman didn't answer, but just walked around the Gu family's garment shop and looked around for a while: "The Gu family's garment shop really lives up to its reputation."

! You must have heard about the emperor's concubine, right? ”

"Yes."

"Miss Ben heard that the clothes of the Gu family's ready-to-wear shop were fashionable, so she didn't want to use the old ones in the palace. Miss Lao Su arranged to make three sets of wedding dresses before the fifteenth day of next month. ”

In the palace? When Peng Er and the others heard this, they couldn't help but look happy. The Gu family's ready-to-wear shop has become so famous recently, and it has compared it to the palace.

"Yes." Su Wenmei said: "Then we have made a pattern drawing, and we have to show Miss a look, and Miss is satisfied, so she can sew new clothes." I also asked the girl to leave her name and address, so that it is convenient for the small ones to come to Japan to petition. ”

"I am Zhuang Xianren of Zhuangfu, you will go directly to Zhuangfu when the time comes, and say that you will find the eldest lady of Zhuangfu. Well done, the silver will not be treated lightly. After her woman finished speaking, she ordered someone to hand over a brocade box, and when she opened it, it was a real gold ingot: "This is a deposit." ”

Su Wenmei took the brocade box, only feeling heavy, this is a master who offers a sky-high price, so it is easy to smash the signboard of the Gu family's ready-to-wear shop if there is a slight mistake. Not only should we use the best goods, but also carefully design the patterns.

In addition to customizing a wedding dress for himself, Zhuang Xianren also has the eldest lady of the Mo family and the emperor.

The next few days will be busy.

Since arriving at the Gu family's ready-to-wear store, Su Wenmei has often gone out early and returned late, and has been busier recently. The old lady of the Gu family was considerate of Su Wenmei, and often asked Zhirong to bring some food over to her, so that she would not be too tired.

It's a little tired, and the master has changed the tricks back and forth several times, and it has just settled. Su Wenmei put down the pattern in her hand, and only felt that her eyes were sour when she looked at the lantern.

"Miss!" Bing'er entered the door: "This is the ginseng soup sent by General Gu, and he also said that you should go home early." She put the ginseng soup on the table, and reached out to pinch Su Wenmei's shoulder: "You are tired these days, the old lady can see it in her eyes, let you go back early, don't be too tired." ”

Yes, the old lady really felt sorry for her, and for several nights, it was very late, and Baba was waiting for her at the door. Even in order to give her the real power of the Gu Mansion, she instructed everyone in the Gu Mansion to call her Miss Su, and indeed treated her as a young lady.

Of course, to some extent, accepting her as a righteous daughter is also for the sake of the face of the Zhongwu Marquis's family, but it is not explicitly stated.

But this General Gu usually talks very little, and he looks lukewarm, but it is rare to ask someone to bring some food. Su Wenmei took the food box, and she was a little hungry until late at night.

The next day, Su Wenmei ordered someone to rush out the clothes samples, and wanted to take the tricks to the banker's lady to agree, but when she arrived at the banker's house, she was closed.

The gatekeeper said that three days ago, the eldest lady of the Zhuang family followed the teacher to the palace to learn the palace etiquette, eat and live in the palace, and was not allowed to leave the palace if there was nothing to do.

Su Wenmei let out an "oh" and turned around to leave with some disappointment.

"Miss Su!" Someone behind her stopped her: "Are you Miss Su from the Gu family's ready-to-wear shop?" A graceful woman came up to her and asked her.

She bowed slightly: "Exactly." ”

"The eldest lady told me that the head of the Gu family's ready-to-wear shop will come to her, and she deliberately left a token to enter the palace before leaving." As the woman spoke, she handed her a token: "When you enter the palace, you say that you are looking for the eldest lady of the banker." ”

"You're the dealer's wife?" She asked, "If it's the dealer's wife, you have also done the master of this wedding dress." The palace is heavy, and I am afraid that it will be inappropriate for a woman to go in. ”

"This wedding dress was specially asked for by the eldest lady, and it is ambiguous, Miss Su is afraid that she still has to enter the palace and ask Miss Zhuang what she means." Mrs. Zhuang was a little embarrassed on her face, she was originally the second lady of Zhuangfu, and she became the wife of Zhuangfu after the death of the eldest lady of Zhuangfu, so she was also very embarrassed about the eldest lady's affairs: "The palace is complicated, but be careful in everything, be cautious in words and deeds, it is always right." ”

She stuffed the token into Su Wenmei's hand with a smile: "There is Miss Laosu." ”

Su Wenmei only felt that she had picked up a piece of hot potato. But there is no way, entrusted by others to be loyal, she received so much silver from the eldest lady of the banker, and it is also within her share to do this well.

She hired a carriage and drove Penang to the palace.

The road to the palace was wide and tortuous, and under the guidance of the palace people, she took a lot of effort to find the palace where Zhuang Xianren learned the etiquette. But at this moment, Zhuang Xianren didn't see anyone, and said that he couldn't spare time, so he sent Mama to take her to the pear garden!

The more she walked, the more she walked, and after walking for a long time, her palms were slightly sweaty. Turning a corner, I saw the pear garden in full bloom, and an antique palace was revealed in front of me, with three big characters on the plaque: Chonghua Palace.

Chonghua Palace has an elegant and simple style, the tiles on the ground are stained with the snow water of early spring, and a layer of green moss is born, and the whole palace is different from the luxury of other palaces.

"Alright, the girl is waiting here. When Miss Zhuang is done, the slave maid will bring her to meet you. The palace daughter who brought her said.

"I'm tired." Su Wenmei nodded at her, and the daughter of the palace left.

Su Wenmei has always loved pear blossoms, the pear orchard has a faint fragrance, and the white flowers are wrapped in pale yellow stamens, which is very beautiful.

She couldn't help but reach out and climb the branch of the pear blossom and sniff it. Cheng Qianzheng came from the palace and saw this scene: Isn't this the woman he met in the Qinglou a few days ago?

She is dressed plainly today, with a light blue fairy skirt, a plain white cloak on the outside, a thin powder on her face, and a beautiful look when she looks up and smells the pear blossoms.

"Yurong is lonely and tears are dry, and pear blossoms bring rain in spring." He approached her: "Bai Juyi's poems, although they are written about Yang Guifei's sad face, are also beautiful. Although later generations wrote more pear blossoms, they were not as expressive as his depictions. ”

She looked at him, but met his gaze staring at her: "The six armies are helpless, and they die in front of the horse." Yang Guifei was crowned with six palaces back then, but in the end, she still died at the foot of Ma Wei Slope. "The kindness of the heavenly family, how cold it is, the love of the emperor has always been involuntary.

Su Wenmei saw him walking towards her, so she couldn't help but take two steps back slightly, folded her hands on her left side, and saluted respectfully.

This boy was dressed in purple, smiling lightly, and his appearance was handsome: "What's the girl's name?" ”

"Su Wenmei. Wen Mei has seen adults. She got up unhurriedly.

"Pear blossoms have always been regarded as the flowers of thin life, but there is such a pear garden in this palace, does Miss Su know what is the reason for this?" He didn't wait for her to answer, and continued: "The first emperor had a favorite concubine, called Concubine Rou, she has always loved pear blossoms, and the first emperor ordered people to plant pear blossoms in front of her hall and behind the house, which shows the king's kindness. When the first emperor died, Concubine Rou followed, but this pear blossom still bloomed over the years. ”

He was so close to Su Wenmei at the moment, and the cold breath on her body fell on the tip of his nose: "Miss Su came to the palace, why did she dress so plainly." ”

"Originally, I didn't come to the palace, it was Miss Zhuang who customized the wedding dress, but asked Miss Su to send her to the palace to show her." Bing'er saw that the boy was so close to Miss Su, and he was rude, and he was a little unhappy.

He only reacted when he saw Bing'er's expression at this moment: he walked over and was already less than half a foot away from Miss Su, which seemed a little abrupt. So he blushed and stepped back: "It's Xiaosheng who is rude, Xiaosheng...... Lin Mozhi has seen Miss Su. He bowed to her, and it was considered official.

His handsome appearance was still a little immature, and his face was crimson, and his pretentious appearance made her want to laugh.

"Lin Mozhi? It is rumored that Lin Mozhi of the Hanlin Academy is dignified and talented. Now that we meet, I feel that what I said is true. ”

"Miss Sue." The man in purple was about to say something, but was interrupted by a palace daughter: "Miss Su, Miss Zhuang is out at this moment, you should hurry up and follow the slave maid to see her." ”

"Yes" Su Wenmei saluted him and turned around with Bing'er.

Cheng Qian was stunned behind him, his slender fingertips trembled slightly, and he suddenly remembered that day in the Full Moon Tower, his hands were full of soft touch.

After the day of the Full Moon Tower, he sent someone to inquire about her, and he also knew that she was in the Gu family's ready-to-wear shop, but due to the recent busy government and politics, he has not had the opportunity to leave the palace. Today, I was annoyed by those twists and turns, so I came to a place with few people.

But I saw such a good scenery as the pear garden, and it was not in vain that I walked so far.

However, Lin Mozhi of the Hanlin Academy, if he knew that he used his identity to hook up with a woman and went to the Qinglou, I am afraid that he would have to talk about it again.

Cheng Qian shook his head, although Lin Mozhi is a talent, he is decent in everything, like an old pedant, and he is a little boring.

"Your Majesty." A little eunuch walked out from the corner, and just now Cheng Qian saw Miss Su and deliberately didn't let him show up: "If you are interested in that Miss Su, why do you use the name of Lord Lin?" ”

Why? He remembered the lonely look on her face when she talked about Yang Guifei just now, and he could know that she probably felt that the kindness of the heavenly family was too unkind. He was afraid that if he did, she would alienate him.

"The pear blossoms in this early spring are good, so you can pick some and put them in the main hall."

"Yes."